Principles of Total Victory

From Our Pastor's Desk

Isaiah 55:8-9 - “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Our God is a God of infinite varieties, He has unlimited ways of doing His things. Of Him the Apostle Paul testifies, “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!

How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!” - Romans 11:33.   He is good and works in the best interests of all who put their trust in Him. There is much we stand to benefit, if only we are going to give Him the right of way in the matters of our life.

Naaman was a Syrian military general with great prowess, but he was a leper. He carried the shame of his condition for several years until, by divine providence, he got useful hints about how to be cured of his leprosy.

Then he went down to Samaria. 2nd Kings 5:9-14 has his story. The thoughts of Naaman were that Prophet Elisha would make obeisance before him & make some enchanting call upon his god to cure him of his leprosy.

But the man felt so disappointed, humiliated and infuriated, that Elisha did none of those things. Namaan embarked on a return journey home, with his leprosy intact. If not for the persuasion of his more reasonable servants, the great warrior would have missed the miracle of his life and remained shamefully leprous for the rest of his life.

This teaches us, Brethren, that it’s not about how and when we want God to do things in our lives, it’s about giving God the 100% right of way to do as He wills.

We shall not lose our victory, in Jesus Name. AMEN.

You will have good success this 2017. 
Remain blessed. Shalom.

Guard Your Victory

By: Deaconess Florence Oyedeji

When I first heard the theme of this month, it reminded me of the quote from late Dr. Martin Luther King “Free at last, free at last, thank God we are free at last!”
The way it is worded shows a panting, a desire, a long-awaited hope that had now been realized. VICTORY AT LAST!

Just as we’ve been en-joined in the Bible to work out our Salvation with fear and with trembling (Phil. 2:12), we also need to guard our Victory (Eph. 6:13). There are divers ways one can lose one’s victory.

However, I have this urge within me to speak about the sin of “BACKSLIDING” (Jer. 8:5, Pro. 14:14; 26:11) Using the example of Apostle Peter. He was an epitome of The Mighty that fell during the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ (Mark 14:72) 

Only a believer can backslide, because it involves an initial acceptance of Christ then a subsequently falling away from his precepts (For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them -2 Peter 2:21). 

It is a great enemy of Believers. Most of us don’t pay much attention to it, because it can be very subtle.  It’s so subtle that sometimes even the believer who is engaged in the act may not even be fully aware of the fact until it’s too late. We shall not lose our victory, in Jesus Name. AMEN.

You will have good success this 2017. 

Remain blessed.

Shalom.

Hold on to Your Faith

By. Sis. Ehis Precious Erhunmwuosere

One of the people in the Bible who exercised faith was Job. He was a very righteous and wealthy man who loved God unconditionally.

He had ten children, a wife and servants.  God gave satan the permission to tempt Job but not to touch him. Afterwards, Job lost his children, property and wealth. Everything that he had was gone (Job 1:13 – 19).

This was where Job’s battles began; poverty fell on him, lost properties, family and his health (Job 2:7).
What’s striking about Job was his response to all his predicaments – Job 1:21-22 – “And he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly"
Most people’s response, in terrible situations are so “UNGODLY”. For example, we all can sing praises to God in a good day, but it takes a person of a tremendous faith and tremendous spiritual maturity to sing those same songs of praise on terrible days.

But if you can give God praise in that terrible situation, you have therefore, given God a precious gift and will make Him to give you double portion of what you had lost; just exactly the way He did to Job.

So, brethren, hold on to your faith, because without your faith you cannot please God.

Hebrews 11:6 May our latter be greater than our former, our end shall be greater than our beginning, in Jesus Name. AMEN.

You will have good success this 2017.
Remain blessed.
Shalom.

Stairway to Victory

Suddenly, the battle came to king Jehoshaphat. He didn’t ask for it, he wasn’t the cause; he didn’t induce it. It just came.

2nd Chron. 20:1 - “It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle…” 

Young king Jehoshaphat was a beloved, righteous king who put everything into the service of Jehovah. But he still came under attack.

Three powerful kings just rose up one morning and decided to combine their armory, soldiers, strength and attack him.
He did nothing to provoke these kings. Little wonder, David said, many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivers him from them all.  But, before being delivered, the righteous faces attack too.

It doesn’t matter how righteous we are, we face attacks, downturns, loss, adversity, afflictions etc. We are not immune. In fact, the more righteous we are, the more enemy attack we are likely to face. Scary, right? Many are the afflictions of the righteous….. So, my brethren, we shouldn’t say ‘I live for God, I faithfully pray, fast and I pay my tithe and do everything well but I don’t know why God would allow all this to happen to me.’

If it doesn’t happen to you, who will it happen to?  But we should be of good cheer. And Proverbs 11:21 says “Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered”

We do not fight alone. The battles are not even ours. Jehoshaphat came under a confederate allied attack of a combined army of three nations, but he was victorious. And today, we would see the steps he took unto his victory.

Jehovah Sabaoth, the Man of War, One that has never lost & will never lose a battle, will take over our battles of life, in Jesus Name

You will have good success this 2017. 
Remain blessed.
Shalom

From Our Pastor's Desk - December is Our Month of Victory At Last

Welcome to this Our New Month of Victory At Last, in Jesus name.

The Bible uses many terms to describe those who have entered into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. For instance, we are called Christians.

We are also called the children of God; children of light; children of obedience etc.

But there is another title John used, and it is the title “Overcomers”. 1st John 5:4 – “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith”

This Scripture depicts our victorious lives. Over-comer literally means victor. One of the truths about a Christian believer is that he is in Christ.

The Believer is in an indivisible union with Christ Himself and as a result, is a partaker of His divine nature.

He partakes of everything that Christ is and has, including His inheritance, righteousness, death, life, and Spirit. Since Christ is a victor, we par-take of His victory.

The believer then, is a victor. Those who have been born of God are true overcomers, conquerors, victors.  Brethren, this last 2017 month of Victory At Last, we have victory over satan (Rev. 11:12 - "They overcame him by the blood of the lamb…”); over death (1st Cor.15:54 – “…Death is swallowed up in victory”); and over the world (1st John 5:4 – "Whatever is born of God overcometh the world") through Jesus Christ, our Lord & Savior, in Jesus Name.
Amen.